Gabriel Medina has taken the 2012 Nike Lowers Pro after defeating veteran campaigner Glenn Hall, in two-to-four foot waves at Lower Trestles. The win earns him a $40,000 paycheck, a 14-karat solid-gold spike and major ASP World Ranking points. “This is a very special win and it has been a long week,” Medina said. “I’m […]
Dane Reynolds, John John Florence, Jeremy Flores, Glenn Hall, Adrian Buchan, Tanner and Pat Gudauskas. The quarterfinalists of the Nike Lowers Pro 2012 are ready to discuss the last waves, at Lower Trestles, California. Reynolds took the day’s highest scores with a near-perfect 9.80 single wave score en route to a combined heat-total of 18.63 […]
Nathan Fletcher has conquered the “Ride of the Year” at the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards, in Anaheim, California. The “Oscars” of extreme surfing have been finally delivered in a packed and stoked Grove Theater. The “Biggest Wave” champion was Garrett McNamara, who rode what is considered by many the biggest wave of […]
Welcome to the latest edition of VB and Surfing Australia News. And, the third for 2012!
Surfing Australia has assembled some of Australia’s top sports scientists as part of its Sports Science and Medicine Advisory Panel at Casuarina in northern NSW.
Gold Coast, Queensland, Thursday, 3rd May 2012: THE four-event Chiko Queensland Championship Circuit (QCC) continues this May long-weekend with the AUD$6,000 Chiko Alley Classic providing the penultimate stop in the race for the prestigious 2012 Queensland’s Open Men’s Surfing Title.
Bob McTavish has been shaping surfboards for 50 years. The Australian icon has been considered one of the most influential and important surfers and shapers in history. McTavish has been running McTavish Surfboards non-stop since 1962. He’s done everything. In all shapes, colours and for all purposes. Big waves, fat waves, small waves, vertical waves. […]
The 1st Annual World Surf Dog Championships will take place in Northern California, between late summer and early fall 2012. A portion of the proceeds will go to dog and environmental non-profit organizations. The unusual event follows the success of the Small Wave Surf Dog Competition debuted in 2006. The very first surf dog competition […]
The best surfing Lowers has historically been the most progressive, but sometimes when pushing the performance level the experimentation with equipment falls by the wayside. But lately that’s changing as more surfers are opening up their minds to the potential of designs like the Mini Simmons and wider,…
Sarah Hughen, a surfer from Wisconsin, has completed a year of surfing for the cause of breast cancer. She planned to surf every day, during 365 days straight with no exceptions, and she finally made it on the 30th April. “I can’t believe I am going to be saying this… I’m done! So surreal”, said […]